{"product_id":"9780312611224","title":"Selling Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelling Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is an inventive middle grade novel about a girl who wants a normal life and how she sees Halley's Comet as her ticket out of the vaudeville circuit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's May 1910, and Halley's Comet is due to pass thru the Earth's atmosphere. And thirteen-year-old Hope McDaniels and her father are due to pass through their hometown of Chicago with their ragtag vaudeville troupe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHope wants out of vaudeville, and longs for a \"normal\" life — or as normal as life can be without her mother, who died five years before. Hope sees an opportunity: She invents \"anti-comet\" pills to sell to the working-class customers desperate for protection. Soon, she's joined by a fellow troupe member, young Buster Keaton, and the two of them start to make good money. And just when Hope thinks she has all the answers, she has to decide: What is family? Where is home? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] oft-engaging, pleasantly romantic romp through a fascinating time in America's entertainment history.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feiwel \u0026 Friends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024395813104,"sku":"9780312611224","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312611224_p0.jpg?v=1763677322","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312611224","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}